Loading and unloading apparatus.



PATENTED SEPT. 17, 1907.

G. w; THEISS, R. J. W. WHANN & w: J. ENGLISBEE. LOADING AND UNLOADING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21 1907.

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G. W. THEISS, R. J. W. WHANN & W. J. BNGLISBEB.

LOADING AND UNLOADING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21,1907.

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Allow/0y No. 866,166. VPATBNTED SEPT. 17, 1907.

G. W THEISS, B. J. W. WHANN 86 W, J. ENGLISBEE.

LOADING AND UNLOADING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED M121, 1907.

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G. W. THEISS, R. J. W. WHANN & W. J. ENGLISBE'E.

LOADING AND UNLOAD ING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1907.

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Q/Vihmo ea GEORGE W. THEISS, OF PITTSBURG, PENNS WILLIAM J. ENGLISBEE, OF

YLVANIA, AND ROBERT J. W. WHANN AND NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

LGADING. AND UNLOADING APPARATUS.

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To all whom. itmay concern:

Be it known that we, Gliiiiimn W. Tuniss, ROBERT J. W. WuANN, and Witmrnii J. Enomsnnu, citizens of the United States, the former residing at Pittsburg, in

the county of Allegheny'and State of Pennsylvania,

and the two latter at New Orleans, parish of Orleans,

State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful [inprovements in Loading and Unloading Apparatus, of

which the following is a specification.

Our invention pertains to loading and unloading ap- 'paratus and more particularly to loading and unloading apparatus loihandling jects to provide a simple and cllicient apparatus through the medium of which coal or other material, may be expeditiously taken from a source of supply and elevated to various heights and there discharged into conveying means for taking it to the point desired. I

Another object of the invention is the'provision in a loading and unloading apparatus of a chute arranged to be positioned at various heights to receive coal or other material from the olevatin g means and also arranged to be swung vertically and adjusted in the direction of its length so as to position its discharge end at various distances from the vertical plane of the elevating means as circumstances require. i

Another object is the provision in combination with the chute of a loading and unloading apparatus of a discharge nozzle connected with the discharge end of the chute in such manner that it: is capable of being disposed in various directions to deflect the material being handled to different points about the discharge end of the chute.

Other advantageous features of our invention will be fully understood from the following. description and claims when the same are read .in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which:

' l igure l is an elevation of theapparatus constituting th 0 present and preferred embediineutol' our invention. l ig. .2 is a view taken at a right angle to Fig. 1 and illustrating our. apparatus in end elevation as properly arranged relative to abarge upon which coal is to be loaded,

- 'ltnd also illustrating the vertical] y adjustable frame and 4 lhe chute oi the ap 'iaratus in various posititnls by full and dotted lines. Fig. 3 a side elevation illustrating theVerticallyadjustable frame of the amiaratus and the ports carried by said vertically adjustable frame as removed from the main frame Fig. 3, looking in the (.lirectiou ol' the arrow. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail View illustrating one ol thc vertically swinging supports and guides of the chute. Fig. 6 is an enlar ed detail section showiln the manner in which Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 21,1907. stun No. 374,890.

coal; and it has for one of its ob- V struction' and is designed to Fig. 4 is rausvcrsc section taken in the plane indicated by the line 4 4 of Patented Sept. 17, 1907.

upon which coal is to be loaded, and B is a barge upon which our novel apparatus is preferably, though not necessarily, arranged and carried; the said barge being designed to be arranged as shown in Fig. 2, relative to the vessel A, when coal is to be delivered to the latter.

0 is a steam boiler arranged on the barge B and de- I signed to supply steam for actuating the engines of the apparatus.

D is a clam-shell bucket for taking coal from a car or other source of supply and transferring the same to the storage bin, presently descri bed, of our novel apparatus, and E is the means for raising and lowering the clamshell bucket and swinging the same to and fro in horizontal planes; the said ineans E being carried by the barge B. The clam-shell bucket D and the means E may be and preferably are of the" ordinary well known construction, and we have therefore deemed it unnecessary to illustrate and describe the said bucket D and means E in detail. In fact we would have it understood that while prefbr to employ the clam-shell bucket and the means E for transferring coal to the before-mentioned storage bin, we do not desire to be undcrstood as limiting ourselves to the said bucket and actuating means for the purpose, inasmuch as any transferring means consonant with ourinvention may be employed without involving .ileparteire from the scope of the invention as defined in the claims appended.

F is the main frame of our novel apparatus which is fixed to and rises to a considerable height from the barge B. The said main irame F may be of the general construction illustrated or of any other suitable general construction; and it is provided as best shown in Fig. 1 with a guideway G which extends between opposite sides thereof and is designed for the vertically adjustable frame prcsently described, and is also provided best shown in Fig. 2 with a guideway G for the elevating receptacle presently described in detail.

At the ranged a scale ll which may be'of weigh the coal deposited in the elevating receptacle I precedent to the raising of the said receptacle. The elevating receptacle 1 when in its lowermost position and on the scale II is positioned to receive coal from the discharge opening J of the fixed storage bin .K; thesaid discharge opening J being controlled by a suitable door Lso that when the the said chute support and guide is pivotally connected said door is opened coal ma y pass from the bin to the lower end of the latter guideway G is arany suitable ('()]l-,

reeeptaele l alter the manner shown in Fig. ll would also have it understood that in some eases the door [A may be dispensed with, in whieh event eoal discharged into the bin R will pass directly therethrough and intotht elevating reeeptaele l.

The elevating reeeptaele l is eonneeted through a (able t\l whit-h passes over sheaves as shown in Fig. l, with a hoisting engine N which per se forms no part of our invention and may therefore be of the ordinary well known eonstrnetion or ol any other eleeted eonstruetion. The elevating receptacle I is provided with an 'inelined bottom (1, shown by dotted'lines in Fig. l; and it is also provided with a diseharge opening I) and a door a whieh normally (-loses the opening I) to prevent 'coal from passing out. of the reet lptatle. When, however, the reeeptaele l is raised to a predetermined height in the main frame I, the door or an extension thereot brings up against a suitably positioned abutment (1 on the main l'ran'te and is moved by said abutment to an open position so as to permit coal to pass from the reeeptaele through the opening I). The abut inent (I is detaehably eonnet-ted'to the main frame i and consequently it follows that said abutment may be positioned at various heights on the main frame 1" so as to et'ieet the diseharge-ot' ('oal t'rom the ret-eptaele l at various heights.

P is the vertieally adjustable t'rame ol the apparatus Whieh is arranged in the belore-im-ntioned guideway (R of the main frame l and is designed to be raised and lowered and adjustably tixed at viu-iousheights by the engine N through the medium ot eables it and 5 past around sheaves as shown in Fig. I. 'lhesaid vertieally adjustable frame I may be ot' the general strueture illustrated or of any other suitable general strut-lure without involving departure t'rom the seope ot our illvention as i-laimed.

l.is a hopper tixed to and earried by the vertir-ally adjustable t'rame l and arranged in the position shown by lull liuesiu Fig. 2 to reeeive eoal from the dish; 'ge opening I) ol the elevating ltteplzltlt land having a diseharge openingm. best 'shown in l ig. 7, disposed at a right angle to the said dist-barge opening!) of reeeptaele l When the reeeptaele l is in the lllilitl'llitih'l lHiSilititl shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and the door thereot is open, the eoal will obviously beehuted trout the said ret'eptaele l to the hopper 'l.

U U are slotted guideways \\'lli('ll deseribe an are oi a eirele and are spat-ed apart as best shown in ig 2i and are [ixedly eonneeted at their ends to the vertieally ad justable frame I so as to be earried thereby.

V V are vertieallyswinging'ehute supports and guides \Vlllt'lt are pivoted at to the \iertieally adjustable frame l":tt a point remote fr m the eurvilinear guideways U and are of the t'oi'm in eross-seetion shown in Figs. t and ti so as to a t't'ord ways], and are providedon their outer sides with shoes :11 of angular form in erossseetion the outwardly diret-ted portions ol whit-h are slidablw in tlie eurvilinear gnideways U, and X is a ehute whieh is openat. its ttpper side throughout its length. The said chute X is 'prelerably made up ol' seetions I: hinged together at i, and it. is provided at diametrieally opposite points with longitudinal ribs j Wlllt'll are disposed and movable endwise in the ways of the ehute supports and guides V, this in order to percharge. the eoal at various distanees from the vertical plane of the hopper 'l. From this it follows that by adjusting the vertieally adjustable l'raine l and the ehute X, the coal may be diseharged into a bunker hole of a vessel at a point eomparatively remote from the main frame i as shown by l'ull'lines in Fig. 2, or may be diseharged to the vessel at a point or points adjacent to the frame I as shown by dotted lines in said tigure.

We prefer to raise the swinging ends of the ehute sup ports and guidesV through the medium of the meehanism illustrated in l ig. 3, but we do not desire to be understood as etnitiiiing ourselves to the said mechanism inasinu h as any other meehanism suitable to the purpose may be employed without alter-ting our invention. The meehanis n illustrated eomprises a drum m, a ratt-het meehanism n for holding said drum against easual rotation. and a (able p arranged on the drum and (Otttltt'lttl to one ol the chute supports and guides V. The ehute supports and guides V are connected together as shown in a manner that does not interfere with the eudwise adjustment'h ot' the ehute X therethrough: and by virtue of the meehanism described it will be seen titit the supports and guides V may be moved to and adjust-ably lixed in dit'terent positions to piteh the ehute X ativarious angles of ,invlination to adapt the said ehute to diseharge at the points desired.

.-\t Y on the lower portion of the vertieally adjustable frame l is l(t(dlt'(l an engine, and on the driveshat't ii of the said engine is loosely mounted a clnteh pulley p des ned to be moved by a hand lever 1' into and out of engagement with a erunplementary elnteh tixed on the said drive-shalt. The said pulley p is vtion it will be apparent that when the lever r is mauipulated to put the eluteh pulley p in engagement with the eomplt mentary eluteh fixed on the'driveshall it ot lltl tngine Y. 'the rhute X will be moved eiidwise through the supports and guides V in one 'diret'tionmr the other aeeording to the direetion in \\'lll('ll the'engine' shalt is eaused to move, to extend the. ehute to a greater orless extent beyond the right; iand side of main frame F, and that when the cluteli pulley p .is moved out of engagement-with the eomplementary eluteh on the shaft n, the chute X will be retained in the position in which it is plaeed.

Mi "able endwise through the bat-k wall of the hop per LP. is a reeiproealory agitator Z whieh has for its other-to lat-ilitate the diseharge of coal through the dist-barge opening r of the said hopper. This agitator Z is pivoted to a link a and is eonneeted through said link with one arm of a lever b, Fig, 2, the other arm of whieh lever is pivot-ally eon'neeted to a rod c which terminatts in an eeeentrie strap (1. The said strap (1 ret'eives an. ee entrier on a shaft f journaled in suitable "bearings iii the frame I, and in addition'to the eceentrie c the shaft f is provided with a pulley g. This latter is eonneeled through a belt h with a pulley on the shaft n of the engine Y, and Consequently it follows that when the engine is iii-action, the

We mit ot' the ehute being moved endwise-in order to disshaft f is rotated from the engine, and through the connection described the agitator Z is reciprocated by the said shaitf.

As will be gathered from the foregoing the chute X rests under the hopper 'l and in the same vertical plane as the hopper discharge a, and hence it is obvious that when coal is discharged from the receptacle I into the hopper T, the coal will pass through the hopper l into the chute X and down the latter to the point of discharge.

In the general operation of the apparatus as thus far described, the clam-shell bucket D is employed to transfer coal from a car to the storage bin Kfand the coal passes from said storage bin into the receptacle I when the latter is positioned as shown. by full lines in Fig. l. The receptacle I is then raised to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 when its c0ntents will be discharged into the hopper T. From the hopper T the coal passes to the chute X, and by the latter it is conveyed to the point of discharge, the adjustable spout M assisting in the latter function. The said discharge spout M is swiveled on the lower end 'm of the chute X, which lower end m is of circular form in cross-section, and consequently it will be observed that by manipulating the said spout the coal may be deflected fore and-aft of a vessel at the will of an attendant as well as directed downward.

,It will be noted that by reason of the vertical adj ustability of both the frame P and the chute X steam ships and other vessels of various heights above the water maybe coalcd with facility, and that the adaptability of the chute X to be extended to agreater or less extent beyond frame F is advantageous because 1 f M it contributes to the facility with which coal may be vas" properly placedin vessels of various widths. It will also be noted that the coal is conveyed to thebunker holes or batches of vessels by gra'vity, and that the chute X may be placed at various anglcs of inclination when desired to regulate the flow of the coal.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings our novel apparatus is shown in proper relation to an elevated cable T and a conveying receptacle U movable on the said elevated cable. In the position illustrated the receptacle U is arranged to reccive from thedischarge of the hopper T coal that is supplied to the hopper from the elevating receptacle I, and when filled the said conveying receptacle U is moved by any suitable means along the cable T to the point of discharge. This latter arrangement is obviously calculated to be used to advantage in handling coal on plantations and the like; the coal being transferred from carsito the ele-.

sti uctiou and is also economical in 'operation. By'reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that when the vertically adjustable frame P is in its lowermost position and the apparatus is idle,- the upper section of l l l l the chute X may be positioned close against one side of the mainframe F, this in order to lessen the liability of the chute fouling vessels or the rigging of vessels while the. apparatus is being moved about a harbor.,

Having described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. In a loading and unloading apparatus, the combination of a main frame having, vertical guideways, a frame adjustable vertically in one of sn'id guidewuys, means for adjusting and udjustably fixing the vertically adjustable frame, a hopper carried by the vertically adjustable frame, means for receiving material rrom the said hopper and conveying: the same to a point of discharge, anr-levatiug receptacle movable in the other guldeway of the main trams and arranged when it reaches the proper position, relative to the hopper, to discharge lts contents into said hopper, means for raising the elevating reccptacle, and means for supplying material to said receptacle adjustable vertiealluin one of said guideways, menus for adjusting and adjustubly fixing the vertically adjustable frame, a hopper carried by the vertically adjustable frame, means for receiving material from the said hopper andconveying the same to a pointof dlscliarge, a bin Iixcd with respect to the main frume and having a dis-. charge, means forltransferrlng material from a source 01 supply to the sold bin, ane'levating receptacle movable in the other guldeway of the main frame and arranged in its lower position to receive from: the bin and also arranged when it reaches tlie proper position, relativeto the hopper on the vertlcallyadjustable frame, to discharge lts contents into sald hopper, and means lbr raising the elevating receptacle. i

In a loadingand unloading apparatus, the combina tion of a frame, and a chute mounted in the frume and pivoted, whereby it is arranged to be swung vertically, and also arranged to be adjusted in the direction of its length with respect to the frame.

4. ln'uiloadingaud unloading apparatus, the conibinw tl'oii of a frame, a chute mounted in the frame and plvoted, whereby it is arranged to be swung Vertically, and also arranged to be adjusted in the direction of its length, means for swinging the chutelvertically and adjustably fixing the same at various angles of inclination, and means for adjusting the chute in 'the direction of its. length and most. l

5. In a loading and unloading apparatus, the comblnation ofa frame, a vertically swinging support and guide pivoted to the frame, means for adjustably fixing said support and guide at various angles of inclination, a chute carried by and arranged to swing with said guide and support and also arranged to be adjusted endwise'on the guide and support, and menus for adjustnbly fixing the chute with respect to the guide and support. a l

adjustably fixing lt against cndwlse movetion of a frame, a vertically swinging support a'ndgulde pivoted to the frame, meansfor swinging said-support and guide vertlcallyand adjustably firing the same at various angles of inclination, a chute earl-led by and iiirangod to swing with said gulde and support and also at ranged to be adjusted endwls on the guide and support, and means for adjustlng'the chute eudwlse and adjustably fixlng'the same with respect to the guide and support.

7. In a loading and unloadlngapparatus, the combination of a frame, ii vertically swinging support and guide plvotcd to the frame, means for adjustubly fixing said support and guide at various angles of lncllnutlon, a chute carried by and arranged to swlhgwlth said'gulde and support and also arranged to be adjusted cndwlse on the guide and support, .a motor, a ditum,a;cable arranged to be moved by the drum and connected ,to opposite porlions of the chute, and means mi usin and interrupting connection between the .motor and the drum,

8. The combination in a-loadlng uud unloading apparatus, orla frame, 'an endwlse adjustable cli te mounted in the frame, a motor. a drum, a cable connected with oppo site portions of the chute and arranged to be moved by the drum, and means for making and interrupting connection hetween the motor and the drum. I

it. 'lhe eomliinatiou in a loading and unloading apparatus. of a main frame havin a vertical guideway, a vertically adjustable t'ra me disposed in said guideway, means for adjusting and adjustably tixing' said vertically adjustable frame. a hopper carried by the vertically adjustable frame. means for elevating the material and discharging the same intothe hopper, means for receiving material from lhehhopper and conveying the-same to a point of discharge, a motor mounted on the vertically adjustable frame, a shaft; bearing an eccentric and connected with 10. The combination in a loading and unloading appze ratus, of a frame, a guide and support carried by said frame, a ehute carried by and adjustable lengthwise on the guitle andsupport and comprising sections hinged together at their meeting' ends, and means for adjustably 11. In a loading and unloading apparatus, the comblnation of a frame, arcuate guideways connected to the frame; vertically swinging guides and supports pivoted to the frame and having shoes disposed in the arcuate guideways and also having gnideways at their inner sides, means for adjustably fixing the said guides and supports, a chute having ribs at opposite sides disposed and movable end'wise in the guideways of the guides and supports, whereby the chute is adjustable endwise on the guides and supports, and means for adjustably fixing the chute against endvvise movement.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands in presence. of two subscribing witnesses.

- GEORGE W. THEISS.

ROBERT .J. W. WHANN. WILLlAM J. ENGLISBEE. Witnesses as to George W. Theiss":

J. FRANK TiLLm', J. M. Rnunnncnn. Witnesses as to Robert J. W. Whann and V Englishee J. N. EMMONS, Louis I. BRYANT. 

